'Cats Improve to 2-0 with 194.225-193.800 Victory at Pitt
1/11/2020 5:30:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
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Gorgenyi leads high-scoring freshman contingent for Wildcats
PITTSBURGH– Buoyed by three freshmen posting team-leading scores, the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team improved from its Week 1 score and upped its season record to 2-0 courtesy of a 194.225-193.800 defeat of EAGL rival Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon at Fitzgerald Field House.
Kylie Gorgenyi(North Reading, Mass.) led the newcomer uprising with a first-place and career-best 9.800 on vault and a 9.725 on uneven bars (T-4th). Alyssa Worthington(West Warwick, R.I.) led all Wildcats on balance beam with a personal-best 9.800 for second-place honors, and Robyn Kelley(Wakefield, Mass.) set a career benchmark on floor exercise with a 9.775 to tie Emma Winer(Georgetown, Mass.) for runner-up honors.
"We had great energy today with the team scoring almost a full point higher than last week," head coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte said. "We are just trying to focus on and control the things we can. The coaching staff is extremely proud of the team for how they handled themselves today. It's great to see them go out, do their job and have fun."
Michaela Burton posted first-place scores on bars (9.850), beam (9.850) and floor (9.825) for Pitt (0-1, 0-1 EAGL), while New Hampshire senior co-captain Riley Freehling(Southington, Conn.) earned the all-around championship with a 38.550.
UNH won all four events and had the high score in all four rotations.
"We are looking forward to being home next weekend and performing in front of our crowd," Bruck Ayotte added.
Saturday, January 11 • 2 p.m.
UNH 194.225 at Pittsburgh 193.800
Fitzgerald Field House • Pittsburgh, Pa. Results (PDF) • Results (HTML)
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Lauren Diggan placed third with a team-leading 9.750 on bars
HOW IT HAPPENED
ROTATION 1
EVENT SCORE
OVERALL
UNH
48.475 UB
48.475
PITT
48.425 V
48.425
First Rotation – Uneven Bars
•Even with the Panthers claiming the top two marks with Burton and Christina Weiss (9.775), the Wildcats' depth proved to be the difference with the next four high scores belonging to UNH. Lauren Diggan(Sinking Spring, Pa.) placed third (9.750), Gorgenyi and Hailey Lui(Collegeville, Pa.) shared fourth (9.725) and Ava Watkins(Cherry Hill, N.J.) finished sixth (9.675).
Kylie Gorgenyi won vault with a 9.800
ROTATION 2
UNH
48.550 V
97.025
PITT
48.350 UB
96.775
Second Rotation – Vault
•Winer supported Gorgenyi's victory by scoring a 9.750 for third place, which she shared with Pitt's Alecia Petrikis. Diggan scored a 9.725 for fourth, and Kelley was right behind with a fifth-place sealing 9.675.
Hailey Lui placed fifth (9.700) on floor
ROTATION 3
UNH
48.475 FX
145.500
PITT
48.600 BB
145.400
Third Rotation – Floor Exercise •The Wildcats' 48.475 featured Lui's 9.700 (fifth) and Watkins' 9.650 (seventh) to complement the second-place duo of Kelley and Winer.
Emma Winer and Riley Freehling tied for third (9.775) on beam
ROTATION 4
UNH
48.725 BB
194.225
PITT
48.425 FX
193.800
Fourth Rotation - Balance Beam
•Worthington came within 0.050 of her first career event victory, while Freehling and Winer scored matching 9.775 marks to share third place with Pitt's Deven Herbine.
"Alyssa had an amazing beam routine and kept the beam squad right on track," Bruck Ayotte said.
